Water column dynamics during the last interglacial anoxic event in the Mediterranean (sapropel S5)

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Rohling, E J ^a   Hopmans, E C ^b   Damsté, J S Sinninghe ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SAPROPEL; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751294528     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005PA001237     Document Type: Article

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